#B242CE#B242CE

#B242CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.220 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242CE
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 64.46, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 82.55, 321.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.1657 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.22 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4474, 17.8191, 60.1635)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242CE #5ECE42

analogous

#6C42CE #B242CE #CE42A4

triadic

#B242CE #CEB242 #42CEB2

tetradic

#B242CE #CE6C42 #5ECE42 #42A4CE

square

#B242CE #CE6C42 #5ECE42 #42A4CE

split-complementary

#B242CE #A4CE42 #42CE6C

monochromatic

#651F77 #8F2BA7 #B242CE #C673DB #DAA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#B242CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#B242CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242CE

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242CE	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B79CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.220 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fde',
    500: '#b242ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242ce;
$custom-light: #cd7fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59082,
    "c": 0.21981,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242CE

secondary

#A4D498

accent

#E24665

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242CE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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